Isaac Renco is a television reporter who loves his job. After he gets his camera-woman pregnant, his girlfriend kicks him out of the house. Having just had one of the worst days of his entire life, he desperately wants to get away from it all. Thankfully, a key helps him do just that. Isaac winds up on an island on another world with strange people, a new friend, a computer that answers questions about anything except the rest of the planet, and an oracle who will only answer three questions each day. There is something weird going on, he is sure of it. Preternatural buzzards, a Ghost Child with some unusual knowledge, the Tower of Babel, the Alexandrian Library, and the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World contain secrets Isaac just cannot leave alone ... and he will go anywhere, pay any price, to solve the mystery. Jeremy Shorter was born in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii in 1976, and was raised with his only sibling, Sarah, by their parents; Ralph and Sally Shorter; in Florida, Missouri, and Arkansas. Jeremy graduated from high school in 1994 and currently resides in Arkansas working as an analyst for a worker's compensation insurance company. He loves to write, read, draw, work on video and audio editing, and is an accomplished writer, musician, singer, and songwriter. He has three books out: "Beyond," this one, and the follow-up to "the Key to Everything," book 2: "Spoil Sport." He has four albums of his own music, and two with a band he was with in '04-'05. You may purchase his first book at www.lulu.com and type "Jeremy Shorter" in the search field (or use this link: http: //stores.lulu.com/preisolauphenonputenic), and his second and third books on Amazon.com. You may also check out his and the band's music on www.myspace.com/jeremyshorter, and www.myspace.com/41M.